Cabinet.



NlTED STATES Patented May 12, 1903.

MICHAEL R. MAHER, OF ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

.CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,985, dated May 12, 1903. Application filed June 28, 1902. Serial No. 113,605.- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL R. MAHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio, have invented a newand Improved Oabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a cabinet especially designed for holding sugar in retail grocery establishments, but useful also for all other granular materials, as will be apparent.

By meansof my invention a large quantity of sugar may be kept ready for sale in small quantities and conveniently and quickly delivered to the purchaser.

This specification is an exact description of one example of my invention,while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view'of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The cabinet has a supporting-frameformed of two side members or portions 10, which may be merely rested on the floor or fastened thereto by screws, as indicated at 11 in Fig. 1.

12 indicates the casing or body of the cabinet, and this is provided with a lid 14, disposed diagonally between the top and one side of the case. This lid is preferably hinged to the case and provided with a lock for fastoning it. Within the case 12, above the mid dle thereof, is arranged a tapering funnel-like guide 15, and just below this are an auxiliary compartment 16 and a gear compartment or box 17, arranged side by side, and between the compartment 17 and the adjacent wall of the case 12 is a compartment 18, into which theguide discharges. Ahorizontal driveshaft 19 is mounted in the case 12 and extends across the compartment 18into the gearcompartment 17.

20 indicates a hand-wheel or other means for facilitating the manual rotation of the shaft 19. Agitator-arms 21 are fastened to the shaft within the compartment 18, and within the compartment 17 a gear 22 is located, this gear being fast to the shaft 19 and meshed with a gear 23, which in turn is fast on a shaft 24. This shaft projects upward through the guide 15 and carries an agitator which comprises a wheel 24 with upwardly-projected peripheral blades 25 and downwardly-projected blades 26, said agitat'or being located in the lower part of the upper division of the case and within the guide 15. As the shaft 19 is turned the agitator-arms 25 26 turn through the sugar orother material and effectually loosen it, so that it flows freely through the guide 15 into the compartment 18. At this point the arms 21 act further to loosen the material.

The bottom of the compartment 18 is formed with an opening, and communicating with tally, so as to regulate the size of the dis- I charge-orifice of the spout 27. Fastened to the closure 28 is a downwardly-projected plate 31, on which are carried hooks 32, adapted support, so as to rock in the manner indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, and this is efiected by means ofbrackets 33, which are fastened to the case and loosely engage with pius 34 on the side portions 10 of the .Fig. 1) and in this compartment a'certain amount of the material beinghandled may be stored, as well as a scoop or other device for removing the material, so that after the merchandiseisweighed if it is found necessary either to add to or remove from the amount withdrawn through the spout 27 the merchant will only have to open the door and take from or add to the material in the compartment 16, according to circumstances.

Below the spout 27 is arranged a bag-rest, which comprises horizontal guides 36, arranged at diiferent elevations so as to carry the rest proper, 37, at any height desired. These guides 36 are suitably mounted on the frame. For example, they may be held rigidly in place by a strap or straps 38. It is obvious that by adjusting the elevation of the rest 37 bags of different sizes may be used, thus enabling the merchant to Withdraw any desired amount of merchandise.

In using the invention to fill the case it should be tilted over, so as to place the opening commanded by the door or lid 14 in uppermost position. Then the merchandise should be dumped into the case, filling the main part thereof, as well as the partinclosed by the guide 15 and the compartment 18. By

bringing the case in such position that the opening commanded by the door or lid 14 will lie in an approximately horizontal position it will be observed that every crevice of the case may be conveniently filled. In this connection I would explain that should it be attempted to fill the case when standing in upright position, as shown by full lines in Fig. 3, the upper part of the case could not be completely filled, since the material would fall out of the upper portion as fast as it could be introduced into the case. In practice it is preferable to construct the device in such size thatit will hold a barrel of sugar or other material, as desired. After the case has been filled it should be returned to its upper or normal position and the cover locked in place. To Withdraw the material from the cabinet, it is only necessary to move out the closure 28 any distance desired, according to the amount which is to be withdrawn. This having been done a bag engaged with the hooks 32, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, will be opened just under the spout 27, and it Will thereby be filled. This bag should be rested on the element 37, and such element should of course have been previously adjusted to accommodate the length or height of the bag.

Various changes in the form and details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitled to all forms of the invention as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A cabinet, comprising a base or support, a case mounted to swing thereon, said case being capable of resting on the support in upright position when in use, and having a door or lid commanding a feed-opening, and means for controlling the discharge from the case.

2. A cabinet, comprising a case having walls dividing it into a main and auxiliary compartments said main compartment having inlet and outlet openings, means controlling the inlet to and outlet from the main compartment, a door commanding the opening to the auxiliary compartment the auxiliary compartment having an opening therein, and an agitator working in the main compartment, for the purpose specified.

3. A cabinet, having a drive-shaft mounted therein, an agitator fastened to the driveshaft, a second shaft mounted in the-case and geared with the first shaft, and an agitator carried by the second shaft.

4:. A cabinet, having a drive-shaft mounted therein, an agitator fastened to the driveshaft, a second shaft mounted in the case and geared with the first shaft, an agitator carried by the second shaft, and means controlling the inlet to and outlet from the said case, the latter means comprising a discharge-spout and a closure adjustable thereon to vary the discharge-orifice.

5. A cabinet, comprising a case, means for controlling the discharge therefrom, a series of horizontally-disposed guides at different elevations below said means for controlling the discharge, and a bag-holder adjustably placed on said guides.

6. A cabinet, comprising a case having a discharge-spout, a closure adj nstable thereon for the purpose specified, and a bag-holder carried by the closure.

7. A cabinet, comprising a case having a discharge-spout, a closure adjustable thereon for the purpose specified, and a bag-holder carriedby the closure, said bag-holder comprising a downwardly-projected member and hooks carried by the said member to engage the bag.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MICHAEL R. MAIIER.

Witnesses:

C. E. SWINGLE, D. M. WALLWoRK.

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